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Apache ActiveMQ: CVE-2015-7559: Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 1, 2019
Added
Jan 9, 2024
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

It was found that the Apache ActiveMQ client before 5.14.5 exposed a remote shutdown command in the ActiveMQConnection class. An attacker logged into a compromised broker could use this flaw to achieve denial of service on a connected client.

Solution

apache-activemq-upgrade-latest
Title
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